washerwoman

English

A washerwoman.

Etymology

washer +‎ -woman

Noun

washerwoman (plural washerwomen)

1. A woman who washes people's laundry.

   Synonym: laundress

   Coordinate term: washerman

2. (colloquial) Double drummer.

Derived terms

• washerwomanly
• washerwoman's itch

Translations

woman whose employment is laundering

• Armenian: լվացարարուհի (hy) f (lvacʿararuhi)
• Arabic: غَسَّالَة‎ f (ḡassāla)
• Azerbaijani: paltaryuyan
• Bulgarian: перачка f (peračka)
• Catalan: bugadera (ca) f
• Czech: pradlena f
• Danish: vaskekone c
• Esperanto: lavistino
• French: blanchisseuse (fr) f, lavandière (fr) f, laveuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მრეცხავი (mrecxavi)
• German: Wäscherin (de) f, Waschfrau (de) f
• Greek: πλύστρα (el) f (plýstra)

  Ancient: πλύντρια f (plúntria)

• Hindi: धोबिन (hi) f (dhobin)
• Hungarian: mosónő (hu)
• Ido: lavistino (io)
• Irish: caile daibhche m, bean níocháin f
• Navajo: asdzání daʼiigisígíí
• Norman: laverêsse f
• Norwegian: vaskekone f
• Polish: praczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lavadeira (pt)
• Quechua: t'aqsaq
• Romanian: spălătoreasă (ro) f
• Russian: пра́чка (ru) f (práčka), мо́йщица (ru) f (mójščica)
• Scots: washerwife
• Spanish: lavandera (es) f
• Swedish: tvätterska
• Yiddish: וועשערין‎ f (vesherin)

Further reading

• washerwoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia